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Tactile Icon Designs
This space displays tactile icon designs and how they are used to label appliances. Each post includes a text description of the design and comments from the developer.
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The tactile icon collection is quite large and I have labeled over 100 different appliance models. This space will be updated periodically.Â
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Your comments are welcome and encouraged but please, please, please be respectful. Thank you!
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Update!
HALOS collection of tactile icons has been updated and displayed in a single document. Check out the HALOS Tactile Icon Collection post. Â
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Tangible Surface Research
Jul 7, 20231 min read
HALOS Tactile Icon Collection v2
The collection of tactile icons used for non-visual labeling. Available as a PDF download (with alt-text!).
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Surface Light
Description A horizontal line with a nub on the bottom center. The nub represents a light shining downwards. Designer Comments Created...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Headphones
Description The shape is a circle with a nubs on the left and right, like a head with big ears. Designer Comments This icon was created...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Crisp
Description The shape has two diagonal lines connected at the top, like you bent something crispy and it broke. I think the shape is...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Bedding, Bed
Description The shape is a wide rectangle with a small nub at the top left, depicting the side view of a bed. Designer Comments Bedding...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Baked Goods, Proof
Description The shape is a square with a bulbous top representing a muffin or baked bread. Designer Comments This icon was created for a...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Moon
Description The shape is a crescent. Designer Comments This shape was created for the Over Night button on a Whirlpool dishwasher.
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Arrow (open)
Description Open Arrow HALOS tactile icon. Two diagonal lines meeting at the top middle. An arrow shape used for indicating direction....
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Vegetable
Description The shape is like a broccoli floret or a tree - a narrow base with a fan-like top. Designer Comments The broccoli floret is a...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Turntable
Description The shape has a wide slightly sloped top and a smaller square bottom. Designer Comments This is a common feature on...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Speaker/Volume
Description A triangular shape where the right side is a long vertical edge and the left side is a nub (instead of a pointy vertex). The...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Popcorn
Description Rounded shape, with little rounded nubs at the bottom . It represents a popped kernel. Designer Comments This is a great...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Display
Description A square shape with a triangular base. Designer Comments Not much to say. It looks like a display thought the screen part...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Fish
Description Tactile Icon - Fish. A horizontal shape, the left end is an oval like a fish body and the right end is triangular like a...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Melt
Description A horizontal line with a bump in the middle, like something is melting and spreading out. Designer Comments The melting shape...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Chicken
Description A horizontal shape, a larger oval on the left end and curves on the right end, like a baked chicken leg. Designer Comments...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Beef
Description A shape in a V formation with a rounded base. Designer Comments The shape is like the head of a cattle - the bottom is the...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Shopping Cart
Description A square shape with a slightly vertical line at the top left and rounded corners on the bottom. Designer Comments Visually it...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Frozen Entree
Description A jagged horizontal line. Designer Comments The horizontal shape represents something long and short, like a plate. The...
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Tangible Surface Research
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Tactile Icon - Stove Burner ID, 5 burners
Description These shapes represent a five burner arrangement on a stove. Each shape is composed of 5 circles arranged 3 across the top...
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